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070028 GR Guided Reading (2015S)

-- Medieval Survey -- Sources

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 7 - Geschichte
Continuous assessment of course work

The Guided Reading covers medieval European primary sources and historiography. It is highly recommended to attend simultaneously VO "History of the Middle Ages" (Buc), which will provide context. Together, the two courses build up to a fuller view of the European Middle Ages.

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Monday 02.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 09.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 16.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 23.03. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 13.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 20.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 27.04. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 04.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 11.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 18.05. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 01.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 08.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 15.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 22.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9
  • Monday 29.06. 18:30 - 20:00 Seminarraum Geschichte 3 Hauptgebäude, 2.Stock, Stiege 9

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The Guided Reading covers medieval european primary sources and historiography. It is highly recommended to attend simultaneously VO "History of the Middle Ages" (Buc), which will provide context. Together, the two courses build up to a fuller view of the European Middle Ages.

Assessment and permitted materials

Based on attendance and participation in discussion, and on the regular writing assignment. Every week a short paper will be due.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

To give the students some sense of the breadth of sources available to the historian of medieval Europe, introduce them to source analysis, and introduce them to some key controversies and modes of explaining historical phenomena of the Middle Ages.

Examination topics

Reading and analysis of primary sources, including: Sources on the Conversion of Constantine, Beowulf, Gregory of Tours, the Song of Roland, William of Rubruk, ...
Some interesting secondary sources will also be read and discussed.

Reading list

See Moodle.

Association in the course directory

BA 2012: PM Vertiefung; Guided Reading - Mittelalter (4 ECTS) | BA 11: WM Mittelalter; Kulturgeschichte, Politikgschichte, prüfungsimmanent (4 ECTS) | BA UF Geschichte: GR zu Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftlicher Europaforschung (4 ECTS) | LA auslaufend: Vertiefung Guided Reading 1 oder 2: Politikgeschichte, Historisch-Kulturwissenschaftliche Europaforschung (4 ECTS) | MA Geschichte: APM Schwerpunktvorbereitung Mittelalter (5 ECTS)

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